Percy V. Lancaster

November 16, 2002

NEWPORT NEWS — Percy Vernon Lancaster, 89, passed away Nov. 14, 2002, at his home. He was a native of Lexington, N.C., and a Newport News resident for some 60 years.

He was a 1938 graduate of Wake Forest University and served in the United States Army during World War II. He retired from Citizen's Home Insurance Co. in 1978. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and its Chandler Bible Class.

He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Mary Frances Lancaster. He was preceded in death by his father, William J. Lancaster Sr. and his mother, Laura Smith Lancaster, his four brothers, Dr. Forest Lancaster, Dr. Charles G. Lancaster, Hazen G. Lancaster, and Attorney William J. Lancaster Jr., and many nieces and nephews.

His funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 18, at Calvary Baptist Church, 4700 Huntington Avenue, Newport News, Va., by its pastor, Rev. Stephen J. Crane. The family will receive family and friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, at Peninsula Funeral Home.

Expressions of sympathy may be made as memorials to Calvary Baptist Church.